Vanilla Cake / Sponge Cake

Chitra, here goes……

Ingredients:
Maida - 250 grams
Butter - 250 grams
Sugar - 250 grams
Baking Powder – 20 grams
Vanilla Essence - 2 tsp
Eggs – 4
Milk – 3 Tsp

Preparation:
1. Beat butter and vanilla essence with a hand mixer, until the butter becomes creamy.
2. Add 1 egg and 1/4th of the sugar and beat for 3-4 minutes. Repeat the same for the remaining eggs and sugar adding one egg at a time.
3. In a separate bowl, mix maida and baking powder. Sieve this mixture 3-4 times. This is done to ensure that the baking powder mixes well with the maida.
4. Add 1/4th of the maida into the butter-egg-sugar mixture and mix it with a spoon before mixing it with the hand mixer. Repeat the same for the remaining maida.
5. Add milk and mix well.
6. Transfer the batter into a greased container and bake at 170 degrees for about 50 minutes.
7. Insert a toothpick after 50 minutes, when it comes out clean, it indicates that the cake is done. Take the container out of the oven and allow it to cool for about an hour or two before decorating/icing/serving.